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Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture
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Mount Goken once had five distinct peaks, but one collapsed during an earthquake in the Edo period. The mountain's name comes from a legend that five swords fell from heaven when Kūkai trained here, which he buried for protection.
Yakuri-ji is the 85th temple of the 88-site Shikoku Pilgrimage, making it an official stop for henro pilgrims.
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Mount Goken once had five distinct peaks, but one collapsed during an earthquake in the Edo period. The mountain's name comes from a legend that five swords fell from heaven when Kūkai trained here, which he buried for protection.
Yakuri-ji is the 85th temple of the 88-site Shikoku Pilgrimage, making it an official stop for henro pilgrims.
Though founded in 829, the temple was completely destroyed during Shikoku's invasion but rebuilt in the 1590s. The main hall still displays the hollyhock crest of the Matsudaira family, who ruled Takamatsu domain.
The temple houses Japan's oldest known statue of Kangiten (a deity of bliss and fortune) in its Seitendo Hall, making it a significant pilgrimage site beyond the Shikoku 88 temple circuit.
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